The state of Oregon and City of Portland added California on Sunday to an amended lawsuit filed against the Trump administration and sought a new emergency order to block California National Guard troops from mobilizing in Portland.

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut agreed to hold a hearing by phone at 7 p.m. Sunday on the new motion for a new restraining order , the latest development in a weekend of last-minute legal maneuvers.

Attorneys for the two states and city argue that President Donald Trump is still restricted by federal law that says any federalization of National Guard members must be “necessary.”

They’ve asked the judge to block the deployment of the California National Guard members, or in the alternative, prohibit the Trump administration from sending any Nation

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